Allende metro station

Metro Allende is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Colonia Centro district of the Cuauhtémoc municipality of Mexico City, on Tacuba street west of the main square in downtown.[2][3] In 2019 the station had an average ridership of 28,873 passengers per day.[1]

Allende
STC rapid transit
Entrance to Metro Allende
Location	Tacuba street Centro, Cuauhtémoc Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°26′08″N 99°08′15″W
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Disabled access	No
History
Opened	14 September 1970
Passengers
2019	10,538,474 [1]  0.6%
Rank	46/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station Bellas Artes toward Cuatro Caminos Line 2 Zócalo toward Tasqueña
Route map Cuatro Caminos State of Mexico Mexico City Panteones Tacuba Cuitláhuac Popotla Colegio Militar Normal San Cosme Revolución Hidalgo Bellas Artes Allende Zócalo Pino Suárez San Antonio Abad Chabacano Viaducto Xola Villa de Cortés Nativitas Portales Ermita General Anaya Tasqueña Tasqueña yard
Location
Allende Location within Centro Histórico

Name and pictogram

The station is named in honor of general Ignacio Allende, one of the principal instigators of the Mexican War of Independence of 1810. This is due to the fact that the station is located near the intersection of the Tacuba and Allende streets. The station's pictogram depicts the bust of Allende.[2]

General information

The station opened on 14 September 1970 as part of the second stretch of Line 2, from Pino Suárez to Tacuba.[4]

The station has the peculiar feature that its platforms are not directly connected underground as it is the case with most stations in the system. In order to change platforms at Allende one has to exit the station and cross the street, thus making it necessary to pay the fare again, a feature only shared with Metro Tezozómoc in Line 6.

From 23 April to 24 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[5][6]

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% Change	Ref.
2019	10,538,474	28,873	46/195	–0.63%	[1]
2018	10,605,916	29,057	47/195	–	[7]

Nearby

• Teatro de la Ciudad, theater.
• House of the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District
• Museo Nacional de Arte, national art museum.
• Palacio de Minería, museum of the Faculty of Engineering of UNAM.

Entrances

• Northeast: Tacuba street, Centro
• Northwest: Tacuba street, Centro
• Southeast: Tacuba street and Motolinia street, Centro
• Southwest: Tacuba street, Centro

Gallery

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  Entrance to the station on Tacuba street
• 
  A NM-02 at the station

See also

• List of Mexico City metro stations

References

1. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
2. "Allende" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
3. Archambault, Richard. "Allende » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 17 August 2011.
4. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 17 August 2011.
5. "Cierre temporal de estaciones" (PDF) (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
6. Hernández, Eduardo (13 June 2020). "Coronavirus. Este es el plan para reabrir estaciones del Metro, Metrobús y Tren ligero". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
7. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2020.

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